CARIBBEAN-OECS supports African Caribbean sustainability and investment summit

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC—The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) said Friday it supports the much-talked-about African Caribbean Sustainability & Investment Summit (ACSIS), which will be held in Britain later this month.

“An incredible opportunity to forge links with African and Caribbean diaspora entrepreneurs in the UK, and this union sets the stage for untold possibilities in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean,” said the ACSIS chairman, David F. Roberts,

The November 21-23 summit continues to gather momentum. HenleyCaribbean Sustainable Ventures are organizing it. It intends to bring together crucial diaspora stakeholders from the African and Caribbean business communities of the United Kingdom to discuss and strategize sustainable investments across various sectors.

It will be held under the theme “Leveraging African, Caribbean, and UK Business Opportunities: Investing in a Sustainable Future.”

In a statement, the OECS Commission said that UK-based entrepreneurs with heritage links to Africa and the Caribbean, including Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Rwanda, St. Lucia, and Jamaica, will participate in panel and roundtable discussions and workshops.

It said that the participants will discuss business best practices in four sectors: agriculture and agribusiness, climate change and renewable energy, ICT, digital economy and cybersecurity, and tourism.

The opening day will focus on high-level roundtable meetings involving African and Caribbean diplomats. Prominent scientist and creator of One Planet Living (OPL) Pooran Desai, the inspiration behind the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), will speak on the implications of climate change for Africa and the Caribbean.

The second day will focus on cybersecurity, tourism, and investment, and day three will address matters pertaining to agriculture and diaspora engagement, supported by Dr Coreen Jacobs-Chester, a lecturer at the University of Guyana.